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Shterenberg is famous for a series of paintings he did in 1917 and 1918, which are sometimes known as “hungry still lives.” A single object, such as a herring or a loaf of bread, is the focus of the…
In The Dead Class, the most famous of Kantor’s theater pieces from the 1970s, the main characters of the play are elderly men (who are to be understood as being dead), who return to their school desks…
Segalove mines her own life for personal narratives as a source for her feminist, conceptual, video, and performance art. Jewish Boys, a photograph of text, tells an anecdote about her first day in a…
Although Bergner did not personally experience the Holocaust, it was a recurring theme in his art. Here, in a painting in the style of a child’s drawing, a child wearing a hat, typical of others seen…
Natan turns to memories of her 1950s childhood on a kibbutz as inspiration for many of her works. She often uses everyday materials, such as netting and underwear, in her sculptures, as in this one…
Founded in 1906 as Rishon Lezion Yafo, the sports association changed its name to Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1910. Maccabi, the first Jewish sports association, was established in Istanbul in 1895 primarily…
Head of a Young Jew, Natan Altman’s most famous sculpture, is an expression of his desire to set a new, modern course for Jewish art. The asymmetrical sculpture, a combination of bronze, copper, and…
Levitt was best known for her black-and-white photographs of children at play, often found in doorways or on stoops, in New York City. It is far less known that she was also a pioneer of color…
I have a story here to tell
To all my children—you as well.
Hush, dear friends, be very still—
Hear my story, if you will.
There’s a land that’s quite remote,
Beyond the reach of train or boat;
Even…
Yehudah Pen painted this portrait of Marc Chagall soon after Chagall returned to Vitebsk from Paris in order to marry his sweetheart, Bella. While he was there, World War I broke out, and Chagall was…
